Door-hanger.



No. 871,386. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907- J. H. BURKHOLDER.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED 11130.31, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHNH. BURKHOLDER, OF ASHLAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO F. E. MYERS & BRO, OF ASHLAND,

OHIO, A OOPARTNERSHIP.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19,1907.

Application filed December 31.1906. Serial No. 350132.

T 0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BURKHOLDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, and do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to door hangers, and the invention consists in a hanger which makes provision for both vertical and lateral adjustment of the door according as either may be needed at the time the door is originally placed in position or afterwards, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation. of my new and original hanger shown as supported upon a section of rail, and Fig. 2 is a reversed view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa vertical cross sectional elevation of the hanger and the rail on which it is supported.

The invention as thus shown comprises the traveling carrier or roller mounting A, formed of sheet or other metal and affording a housing for wheels or rollers B, one or more, but two are employed. in this instance. The carrier and rollers are retained upon the rail C by means of lips 2 -formed by bending the lower portion of the housing at right angles thereto and thence upward on the inner side of the rail to engage with the same and .prevent lateral displacement of the carrier from the rail. A downwardly extending lip 3 betweenlips 2 serves on that side to sup- The other end of said adjusting screw shaft 4 is support- I ed by a supplementary plate E riveted or upon rail C may be employed.

otherwise permanently fixed upon the side of housingor carrier A and practically forming a part thereof. This or an equivalent construction of housing or carrier for the rollers and for operatively hanging the door from or However, the means especially essential to this invention comprise the suspensory member D for the door referred to herein also as an eye bolt, because of its resemblance to such a bolt, and a screw shaft 4 which engages the eye of said bolt or member D, and which is adjustable laterally in either direction thereon according as either may be needed to get ends the adjusting screw 4 is adapted to r0- tate in its immediate supports 3 and E, and is threaded to engage the threaded eye 6 of the bolt or hanger D. Otherwise the said eye might be unthreaded and side nuts used to make the adjustments. The present arrangement however, serves as a convenient means of making such adjustment ofsaid bolt and door G hung thereon, and in effect and practically is equivalent to a rigid connection of the door support with the carrier. This is obvious, because of the long transverse bearing of the hanger on its shaft 4, and such rigid connection as to lateral conditions is desirable in order to fix and hold the door where it may be adjusted. Hence whatever lateral adjustment of the door is effected through this mechahsim is positive and secures the doorfixedlyin adjustedposition. The construction of the door itself and the manner of connecting the bolt or hanger D therewith carry out this arrangement. To this end the said bolt or hanger is constructed to have an outward inclination from its eye or head so as to engage with the door relatively as shown, thus enabling the hanger to pass down through the top edge of the door and project its threaded extremity 7 outside the door at a lower plane. To these ends, also, the door is provided with an inclined groove or channel 8 for said bolt from its top edge downward and outward and is equipped with a plate H whichlies against the side of the door and has a right angled [lange 9 resting on the top edge thereof and provided with a hole for the bolt coincident with said groove 8, and slot 10 in the side of plate H accommodates the bolt lower down. The nut 12 engages the extremity 7 of the bolt beneath the lateral lip 14 on plate E, and by these means the door is hung and the elevation thereof and its vertical adjustment on its hangers are determined.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. A door hanger comprising a roller carpended from said shaft and means for adj usting the same thereon.

3. A door hanger comprising a roller carrier, a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in the lower part of said carrier and extending transversely thereof, and a suspensory member having a threaded headmounted on said shaft and laterally adjustable thereon.

4. A door hanger comprising a roller carrier, a threaded shaft rotatably mounted therein, a door supporting member having a threaded aperture engaging said shaft, and means to adjustably engage said member with a door. a

5. A door hanger comprising a roller carrier, a threaded shaft rotatably mounted therein and extending transversely of the direction of travel of said carrier, a door supporting member having a threaded aperture adapted to engage said shaft, and means for engaging said member with a door.

6. A door hanger comprising a roller car rier having downward projections at its bottom, a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in said projections, and a door support having a head with a threaded aperture adapted to engage said shaft. in combination with a door and means carried by said door for connectport, a roller carrier provided with projeotion, and a door supporting member mounted on said shaft between the arms of said U-shaped portion.

9. A door hanger comprising a roller carrier having an inverted U-shaped lower portion, a shaft rotatably mounted in said U-shaped portion, a door supporting member mounted on said rotatable shaft between the arms of said U-shaped portion and means for adjusting the same thereon.

10. A door hanger comprising a roller carrier, a threaded shaft rotatably mounted therein and extending transversely of the di-- rection of travel of said carrier, a door, a door-supporting member having a threaded aperture in one end thereof adapted to engage said threaded shaft, said door-supporting member being secured to said door with said apertured end located abovethe upper edge thereof, and means for adjustin said doorsupporting member vertically. of said door, whereby said door may be adjusted vertically or transversely of said roller carrier and maintained in position beneath the same.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BURKHOLDER.

l/Vitnesses:

P. E. COUNTRYMAN, GEO. A. NiooL. 

